From eb886d55052ff18ccd7f217dbc3bc5d02557b358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chen Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:54:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Decisions 38-39: keep the three aims Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/decisions.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/decisions.md b/docs/decisions.md index 34323ad..df4c954 100644 --- a/docs/decisions.md +++ b/docs/decisions.md @@ -74,3 +74,10 @@ Each decision is listed with the date and the reason for it. Settled decisions a | 36 | **The NCE analysis is adjusted for early-PVI status.** The unadjusted version goes in the supplement. | Otherwise NCE ← style → PVI → MALE flags a real effect of PVI. | | 37 | **Patient–physician sorting is not in the main grid.** It becomes one sensitivity world if time allows. | Scope. | | — | **Fact (not a decision):** interim calibration target for all-cause mortality is about 35% at 5 years (Sigvant 2018 *EJVES*, PMID 29478910: 10-year mortality in IC 63%). To be replaced by the 5-year mortality in the authors' own Medicare cohort. | No published 5-year all-cause figure for Medicare claudicants was found. | + +## Round 8: scope (2026-10-27) + +| # | Decision | Why | +|---|---|---| +| 38 | **No data-quality aim.** The paper keeps the three aims of the plan. Claims data problems such as time-zero misdating, physician attribution, laterality and Medicare Advantage switching are not modelled. | Focus. Papers 1 and 2 of `tte-papers` have stopped. | +| 39 | **Paper 1's comparison of adjustment methods and covariate vibration stay out** (see D26). | This paper is about which question each design answers. |